Cream-skimming apparatus



(No Model.)

D. STOVER'. CREAM SKIMMING APPARATUS. No. 293,986. Patented Feb. 19, 1884.

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CREAIvI-SKIMMING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,986, dated. February 19, 1884.

Application filed July 27, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it mag/,concern- Beit known that I, DAVID STOVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Motte, in the county of Jackson `and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oream-Skimming Apparatus; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, aud exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to maks and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and .figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in creamers or cream-skimming apparatus; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement `hereinafter described and claimed. i

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of my improved creaming apparatus. Fig. 2 is a detached vertical section thereof, 4and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the supplemental spout detached from the can. Figs. I and 5 are side and edge views of my improved funnel for delivering water or milk to the holding-can below the body of the cream. Fig. 6 is a detached sectional view on line x x, Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is a detached section on line y y, Fig. 4.

up against the can.

The can a is of usual shape, and isprovided with side handles, c. Near the top of the can I provide a spout, a2, which is inclined downward slightly, and is x'ed to the side of the can, and communicates therewith through a suitable opening, a3.

The supplemental spout 71 is ina-de longer than the spout a2, and is adapted to fit over the same, as shown, its inner end being rounded, to fit the sides of the can. Ou the top of this supplemental spout I hinge the metallic bar b', the end of which is bent to form the hook b2, which is made ofa length to turn over the upper edge of the can when the supplemental spout is in place, and the said hook b2 is made with sufficient spring to hold the spout bA rmly of a gradually-decreasing diameter outwardly, and the spout b, at its outer end, terminates in a small opening, through which the cream, in the operation of the invention, pours in a The spouts a2 and b are fine stream into the vessel set to receive it. By means of these spouts ai b a broad passage for the reception of the cream is provided, and it is delivered into the vessel set to receive it iu a fine stream, as described, and as will be understood on reference to the drawings.

In the operation of the invention, water or milk is admitted into the can at a point below the body of the milk and raises the cream, which passes ofiI through opening a and spouts a2 and b. This I accomplish by means of the construction which I will now describe. It consists in a funnel, c, the tube c of which is extended a suitable length to reach to or nearly to the bottom of the can. This funnel is provided with a suitable hook, c2, arranged near the base of its funnel proper. and its lower end is made wedge-shaped, as shown. To secure this wedge shape, I cut away the lower end of the funnel-tube c', on opposite sides thereof, in such manner as to leave the plates c diametri'cally opposite each other and tapered at their lower ends to a point, as shown. The covering-plate cL is then bent over the lower end of the tube, with its upper end secured to the sides of the tube, as shown, and it is so arranged as to leave a small space, c5, between its inner surface and the'edge of the plates c3, through which the water or milk passes as it is poured into the mouth of the funnel.

In practice it will be understood that when the milk has stood a suitable time and the cream has properly set, the funnel is passed down through the cream until its lower end reaches the milk below the body of the cream. Its wedge-shaped lower end with a sharp edge causes b ut slight displacement of the cream, and none of the latter enters the funnel-tube, as would be the case were it the ordinary openbottom tube. It will be understood that good results could be had were the lower end of the tube brought to a point and provided with openings on the side near its said end; but I prefer the wedge shape shown and before described. 1

In practice the hook c2 may be caught over the edge of the can and support the funnel as the water or milk is being poured in to float the body of cream up, as will be readily understood ou reference to Fig. 1.

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Having thus deseribed my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. In a eream-skimming apparatus, the funnel having extended tube, the lower end of which is brought to a point or cutting-edge, and provided with side openings near its said end, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cream-skimming apparatus, the com- Io bination of the tube c', having its lower end out away on opposite sides, forming the V or wedge shaped extension c, and the plate c, secured on said end,substantially as described, 

